Staff of the Week, Gameweek 14

The busy fixture interval of the Premier League kicked off this week, and the trio of derbies on Sunday was the headline.

Chelsea defeated Fulham 2-Zero within the first of these earlier than Arsenal defeated Spurs 4-2 in what was one of the crucial pulsating North London derbies in current historical past. It was Unai Emery’s first style of the grand fixture, and he handed it with flying colors in a delirious Emirates stadium.

Liverpool hosted Everton within the last recreation of the weekend, and the Reds claimed a dramatic late win courtesy of Divock Origi’s purpose after Jordan Pickford’s mistake.

Earlier in the identical week, Manchester Metropolis prolonged their lead on the prime with a 3-1 win over Bournemouth. Manchester United dropped factors once more, as they got here from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw at Southampton. Cardiff claimed an important win over Wolves and so did Crystal Palace, who defeated Burnley.

The spherical of fixtures noticed some nice particular person efficiency, headlined by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. On that word, right here is the group of the week for recreation week 14.

Goalkeeper: Kepa Arrizabalaga

Kepa saves from Chambers

Chelsea weren’t at their attacking greatest of their win over Fulham, and their defence needed to bail them out at instances. Kepa had a stable recreation and produced a few very important saves to protect his facet’s clear sheet.

He made three saves from Callum Chambers, one in every of which was an unbelievable one. The Spaniard made 4 saves in whole, and his distribution was efficient as nicely, as he completed the sport with a 95% move success price. Kepa bounced again from a poor efficiency in opposition to Spurs final week to assist Chelsea get again to successful methods.

The world’s costliest goalkeeper has had an important begin to life in London, and he has ably changed the departed Thibaut Courtois.